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		<title>Ecuador, Teil 3: Fons-Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nach Mama Mayerhofer auf Bali, nun also der 2. Besucher aus der Heimat. Die Überraschung war groß, als die eMail kam mit "Hey Mann, ich hab den Flug gebucht", die Vorfreude auf Alfons sowie die anschließende Freude über geänderte Pläne (wir hätten wohl sonst nie das Hinterland Ecuadors gesehen) dann um so größer.]]></description>
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<p>Nach Mama Mayerhofer auf Bali, nun also der 2. Besucher aus der Heimat. Die Überraschung war groß, als die eMail kam mit &#8220;Hey Mann, ich hab den Flug gebucht&#8221;, die Vorfreude auf Alfons sowie die anschließende Freude über geänderte Pläne (wir hätten wohl sonst nie das Hinterland Ecuadors gesehen) dann um so größer.</p>
<p>Nach 2 Tagen Akklimatisierung und Jetlag-Überwindung in Quito ging es auch gleich nach Santo Domingo de los Colorados, der wohl hässlichsten Stadt Ecuadors. Aber wir sind ja nicht zum Sightseeing hier, sondern um Weihnachten in einem Kinderheim für Jungs (Hogar de Jesus, unterstützt von einem Verein in Vaterstetten, <a href="http://www.copa-padre-fink.de/" target="_blank">www.copa-padre-fink.de</a>) zu verbringen. Eine sehr intensive, schöne und vor allem anstrengende Erfahrung. Denn ist man gerade nicht beim Tisch decken, abwaschen oder Papaya schneiden für 60 Leute, muss man Fußball oder Basketball spielen und den Jungs hinterherlaufen, denen man gerade seine Kamera geliehen hat… Es war wirklich unglaublich zu sehen, wie diszipliniert und rücksichtsvoll ein Haufen von 50 Jungs zwischen 5 und 18 Jahren sein kann. Wir konnten einen kleinen Einblick gewinnen &#8211; danke Teresita und Günni, haben das Ganze sehr positiv wahrgenommen und mussten endlich mal an Weihnachten keinen Alkohol trinken…</p>
<p>Von dort aus ging&#8217;s zurück ins Hochland, aber diesmal noch höher: 3500m, in den<a href="http://www.secretgardencotopaxi.com/" target="_blank"> Secret Garden</a> im Cotopaxi Nationalpark (der wohl bekannteste Vulkan Ecuadors). Komplettes Kontrastprogramm, aber einfach unglaublich… Ein Hostel wie im Bilderbuch, das wohl beste Essen seit wir in Ecuador sind, nette Leute und ein Haufen Spaß. Den Cotopaxi haben wir zwar leider nicht bestiegen, aber dafür eine legendäre Mountainbikefahrt… Alles, an was wir uns erinnern: Nass, kalt und nass!</p>
<p>Stopp 3 war der kleine Touristenort Banos, in den Bergen &#8211; von vielen Seiten empfohlen, aber außer der spektakulären Lage können wir die Begeisterung nicht ganz verstehen… Das Ende dieser Etappe war eine Busfahrt nach Riobamba mit einer kranken Julia und &#8211; wir weinen immer noch &#8211; der gestohlenen Kamera… Nichts vorzuwerfen, die Jungs sind einfach zu clever, aber Grund für großes Selbstmitleid, v.a. da sich die Neubeschaffung eher schwer gestaltet (jetzt wär ein Zwischenstopp in Hongkong nochmal recht).</p>
<p>Nach längerem Hin&amp;Her haben wir uns schließlich entschieden, Silvester in Cuenca zu verbringen. Wir waren schon sehr skeptisch, da wir von den bisherigen ecuadorianschen Städten eher enttäuscht waren, aber da wartete eine sehr positive Überraschung auf uns: Cuenca ist mit Abstand die schönste Stadt mit kolonialer Altstadt, anderen Leuten, anderem Style, anderen Bars… Silvester wird zwar nicht groß gefeiert, ist eher ein Familienfest, trotzdem hatten wir eine kleine Samba-Einlage, brennende Puppen an jeder Straßenecke und den Moderator der Nacht auf unserer Seite: &#8220;Donde es Alemana?&#8221;</p>
<p>Leider sind alle Bilder, die wir mit unserer guten Kamera geschossen haben von dieser Zeit weg… Kleines Trostpflaster sind die Fotos von den Kompaktkameras, die recht fleißig im Einsatz waren (Danke auch Alfonso!). Mal schauen wie wir das in den nächsten 4 Monaten hinkriegen!</p>
<p>Die 2 Wochen &#8220;Fons Time&#8221; waren spitze. Cool dass du da warst, Fonsito.</p>

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<p>After the visit of Mama Mayerhofer in Bali, our second visitor from home came to Ecuador. It was a big surprise when we got the eMail &#8220;hey guys, i&#8217;ve booked the flight…&#8221;, but then &#8211; after changing and adapting travel plans &#8211; we were really looking forward to see Alfons. Without him we never would have seen the highlands of Ecuador what is definitely one of the country&#8217;s highlights…</p>
<p>We spent two days of acclimatization in Quito before we headed to Santo Domingo de los Colorados, the probably ugliest city in Ecuador. But we didn&#8217;t come for sightseeing, but for celebrating Christmas  in a childrens&#8217; home for boys (Hogar de Jesus, supported by a club of Vaterstetten, <a href="http://www.copa-padre-fink.de/" target="_blank">www.copa-padre-fink.de</a>). That was an intense, nice and exhausting experience. When we were not busy with serving plates, washing dishes or cutting tons of papayas, we had to play soccer or basketball… or try to catch the boys who disappeared with our cameras for taking many, many pictures. It was really incredible to see how disciplined and respectful 50 boys between 5 and 18 years old can be… Still we could get a deeper insight and experienced something far apart from the touristic scene &#8211; thanks to Teresita and Günni.</p>
<p>From there we started the next trip to the highlands, but even higher than Quito: at 3500m we spent 4 days at <a href="http://www.secretgardencotopaxi.com/" target="_blank">Secret Garden</a> Cotopaxi (the most famous volcano in Ecuador), a very decent hostel with the best food we had in Ecuador, many nice people and a lot of fun. Unfortunately we didn&#8217;t climb Cotopaxi but at least we had a legendary mountainbike ride… all we can remember: Wet, cold and wet!</p>
<p>Stopp n° 3 was a tiny touristy mountain village called Banos. Recommened by many people, we can&#8217;t share this but have to admit that the location in a steep valley is really spectacular. By the end we had an unpleasant busride where they stole our camera… the guys are far too clever… and we still cry, above all because it&#8217;s kind of complicated to replace it her in central america (a hong-kong stop over would be nice now).</p>
<p>After back and forward planning for a while, we decided finally to spend New Year&#8217;s Eve in Cuenca. We were a bit sceptical, because the other Ecuadorian cities didn&#8217;t blow our minds, but in Cuenca, we had a real positive surprise: By far the nicest city, beautiful colonial old town, different people, different style, different bars… New Year wasn&#8217;t a huge big party, but still we had a salsa dance, burning puppets at every corner of the streets and the moderator of the night on our side: &#8220;Donde es Alemana?&#8221;</p>
<p>Bummer, all the pics of our good camera are gone… but luckily we shot quite a lot of photos also with our small compact cameras (Also thanks to Alfonso!) Let&#8217;s see how we gonna work that out for the next 4 months.</p>
<p>The 2 weeks &#8220;Fons Time&#8221; were amazing. Thanks for coming, Fonsito.</p>
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